The University of British Columbia

Law Students Land Prestigious Clerkship Opportunity

(Back row left to right) Victor Schappert, Patrick Williams, Aaron Wilson, Samuel Arden Anthony Toljanich (Front row left to right) Natasha Jategaonkar, Rebecca Coad, Laura Devries, Madelaine Hodgson

Judicial clerkships are amongst one of the most prestigious and competitive employment opportunities available to recent graduates. Historically, UBC Law has an impressive number of students who secure clerkships each year for all levels of courts and this year is no exception. We are pleased to report that the following 22 UBC law students have secured a 2013-2014 judicial clerkship (all students will graduate in 2013 unless otherwise indicated):

Supreme Court of Canada

• Andrew Burgess (UBC Law JD '11; clerking for Chief Justice McLachlin) - This is the fifth year in a row that a UBC Law student has secured a clerkship with the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.
• Laura DeVries (clerking for Justice Karakatsanis)

British Columbia Court of Appeal (UBC Law students secured five of the 12 available positions)

• Rebecca Coad
• Jennifer Flood
• Madeline Hodgson
• Victor Schappert
• Patrick Williams

British Columbia Supreme Court (UBC Law students, some of whom are listed below, secured 10 of the 17 available positions)

• Kate Addison (New Westminster)
• Sam Arden (Vancouver)
• Tamlin Cooper (Vancouver)
• Jack Finn (Vancouver)
• Natasha Jategaonkar (Vancouver)
• Guy Patterson (Vancouver)
• Anthony Toljanich (Vancouver)
• Nathaniel Turner (Vancouver)
• Jan Verspoor (Vancouver)

Alberta Court of Appeal

• Rachel Barsky (UBC Law JD '12)

Federal Court of Canada

• Aaron Wilson

Ontario Court of Appeal

• Lisa Jorgenson

Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Hamilton)

• Larissa Bazoian
  

Tax Court of Canada

• Stephen Hawkshaw (UBC Law JD '11; LLM '12)